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Northern Irish builders merchant Haldane Fisher is more than doubling its fleet of Irion sideloader trucks, and to maintain them for at least the next seven years.

Independent insulation manufacturer Superglass Holdings plc maintained its revenue for the latest financial year, inching sales volumes up by 3%.

Builders' organisation the Federation of Master Builders wants to see the Government do more to encourage the development of small and micro sites that exist in every town and city if it wants to tackle the housing problem.

Independent builders merchant group The Bradfords Group has bought two former WT Burden branches.

National builders merchant chain Travis Perkins has teamed up with Kirklees College to support its construction courses.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced an extra £225m in funding to unlock a series of stalled major local housing projects in a speech to the National House-Building Council.

Hallam Contracts in Leicester has gone into administration with the loss of 105 jobs.

Dimplex has raised thousands of pounds for charity by sponsoring the Legends Charity Golf Day.

Building materials manufacturers Lafarge and Tarmac are to sell some of their UK cement and aggregate assets to Mittal Investments, as part of conditions set by the Competition Commission to allow the two firms to merge their building materials activities.

Derbyshire builders and plumbers merchant Markovitz has announced the appointment of Paul Beaman as Business Development Manager.